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Suspect arrested in hit-and-run deaths of man, woman

Two people were found dead on the side of a road in Volusia County overnight, and now a man faces charges.

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Updated: 6:51 PM EDT Aug 7, 2013

Suspect arrested in hit-and-run deaths of man, woman

Two people were found dead on the side of a road in Volusia County overnight, and now a man faces charges.

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Updated: 6:51 PM EDT Aug 7, 2013

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WEBVTT THE AID OF A RAPE VICTIM. HE TALKS ABOUT WHAT HE DID THAT MAY HAVE SAVED HER LIFE. POLICE HAVE JUST MADE AN ARREST IN A DEADLY HIT-AND-RUN THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD. GOOD EVENING. I'M JIM PAYNE. I'M SYAN RHODES. NEWS OF THE ARREST CAME MOMENTS AGO JUST A SHORT TIME AFTER POLICE FOUND THIS WHITE VAN THEY SAY IS THE VEHICLE THAT HIT THE COUPLE. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE 36-YEAR-OLD BRIAN KENNEDY HIT AND KILLED SAVANNAH DEJARNETTE AND ZACHARY KAHLE. EACH OF OAK HILL. AT ABOUT 11:15 P.M. LAST NIGHT AS THEY WALKED ALONG STATE ROAD 44 NEAR SUGAR MILL IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH. WESH 2'S GAIL PASCHALL-BROWN LIVE WHERE POLICE JUST ANNOUNCED THE ARREST. THAT'S RIGHT CHIEF GEORGE MARKET GAVE THE CONFERENCE MOMENTS AGO SAYING THIS WAS A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. AND ARRESTED WAS 37-YEAR-OLD BRIAN KENNEDY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA. NEW SMYRNA BEACH POLICE ALSO GOT A BREAK IN THIS CASE WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT VAN THAT KILLED THOSE TWO PEDESTRIANS. IT IS THIS WHITE VAN WITH FRONT-END DAMAGE. IT'S GOT A SCATTERED WINDSHIELD AND BROKEN HEADLIGHT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON POLICE BROUGHT NIGHT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A TOW TRUCK. DETECTIVES SAY, IT WAS THE DRIVER THAT KILLED 26-YEAR-OLD SAVANNAH DEJARNETTE AND HER BOYFRIEND 20-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY KAHLE. BOTH OF OAK HILL. THEY WERE HIT AND KILLED AS THEY WALKED ALONG 44 IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. POLICE CHIEF MARQUETTE SAYS THIS MAN IS A PLUMBER AND WAS ON HIS WAY HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NOW KENNEDY WILL BE CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING DEATH AND DRIVING WITH LICENSE SUSPENDED. LET'S GET MORE AS WE HEAR A LITTLE MORE FROM THE POLICE CHIEF ABOUT THE MAN THEY'VE ARRESTED TODAY. AT THE END OF THIS DAY WE ARE CONCLUDING THIS INVESTIGATION WITH AN ARREST. WE JUST HAVE SOME MINOR FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION TO DO BUT WE HAVE AN ARREST. WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY OTHER ARRESTS IN THIS SITUATION. NOW THE PERSON ARRESTED WAS 37-YEAR-OLD BRIAN DALE KENNEDY. THEY BROUGHT, TO RECAP IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, THEY BROUGHT IN HIS WHITE VAN. HE WORKS AS A PLUMBER. APPARENTLY HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME THE NIGHT THAT THOSE TWO VICTIMS WERE STRUCK AND KILLED ON STATE ROAD 44 NEAR SUGAR MILL DRIVE. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE VAN THEY FOUND IT WITHOUT HIM. THEY BROUGHT THE VAN IN FIRST. AND BASICALLY COMMUNITY TIPS HAVE HELPED THE SITUATION SO MUCH. YOUR CALLS COMING IN BASICALLY HAVE HELPED IN THIS INVESTIGATION. AGAIN, THE PERSON ARRESTED IS 37-YEAR-OLD BRIAN DALE KENNEDY OF EDGEWATER FLORIDA. HE CAME IN, SURRENDERED HIMSELF TO AUTHORITIES THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T HE STOP? DID Y'ALL ASK THAT QUESTION? HE SAYS WELL THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S GOING HAVE TO ADDRESS IN A COURT OF LAW. HE DOES HAVE A FIRST COURT APPEARANCE PROBABLY TOMORROW AROUND 1:30 P.M.

Suspect arrested in hit-and-run deaths of man, woman

Two people were found dead on the side of a road in Volusia County overnight, and now a man faces charges.